Women ought to break down barriers in mining
Friday, September 22, 2017
Out of the 6,900 Debswana employees, about 98% are locals. From this, about 20% are women. According to different speakers at the Women In Mining conference held recently, this number could improve if women considered alternatives to white-collar jobs, which are mostly based in towns and cities.
For decades their male counterparts have dominated the enrolment of engineers in universities, which resulted in the current dominance in the industry. Experts believe that one of the challenges is that women tend to expect preferential treatment while working at industries like mining unlike their male counterparts instead of working hard and proving that they belong.
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